A MAN was today due to appear in court accused of killing his wife at their family home and drugging three people.

Detectives last night charged George Kibuuka with the murder of Margaret Kibuuka, the mother of his four children.

The 47-year-old is also facing three counts of administering a drug with intent to stupify.

Kibuuka was arrested on Thursday morning once he became fit to leave Southampton General Hospital where he has been treated for the past two and a half weeks.

He was admitted on Sunday, November 8, shortly after Mrs Kibuuka’s body was found at their home in Richville Road, Shirley. She had been fatally stabbed.

Kibuuka had also suffered a stab wound and had swallowed a quantity of pesticide when police found him at the scene.

Kibuuka is due to appear before Southampton Magistrates Court this morning.